Viceroys house in delhi was the home of the british rulers of india. After 300 years, that rule was coming to an end. For 6 months in 1947, lord mountbatten, great grandson of queen victoria, assumed the post of the last viceroy, charged with handing india back to its people. The films story unfolds within that great house. Upstairs lived mountbatten together with his wife and daughter downstairs lived their 500 hindu, muslim and sikh servants. As the political elite nehru, jinnah and gandhi converged on the house to wrangle over the birth of independent india, conflict erupted. A decision was taken to divide the country and create a new muslim homeland pakistan. It was a decision whose consequences reverberate to this day. Running time 106 minutes region region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. Read more about dvd formats. Release date 7 aug. 2017